Text messages are simple and one-off, they can always be deleted after reading and replying. But we do not always delete them. In the era of Messages and WhatsApp, we are more likely to get stuck in test conversations that show our message history.
But there will always be messages that you want to delete. V Messages, text messenger built into every iPhone and iPod touch(and also iPad), all messages from the same person are grouped into conversations.
It's easy to delete an entire conversation, but how do you erase individual messages from a conversation?
This article will teach you how to delete conversations and individual text messages in iPhone. Before deleting any message, make sure you really want to get rid of it. It is impossible to recover the deleted message.
A COMMENT: These instructions only describe Apple app Messages on iOS 7 and above. Other applications are not considered.
How to erase an individual message on iPhone?
If you want to erase a few individual text messages from a conversation while leaving the rest, follow these steps:
- Run the app Messages
- Select the conversation you want to erase messages from
- In an open conversation, press and hold the message you want to erase until a menu appears. In it, select the item More
- A circle will appear next to each text message
- Click on the circle next to a message to mark it for deletion. A label appears in the circle indicating that this message will be deleted
- Check all messages you want to erase
- Click on the trash can icon in the lower left corner of the screen
- In the menu that appears, select Delete Message(v early versions iOS menu items may have different names, but similar enough not to get confused).
If by mistake you have selected the item Edit or More and do not want to delete messages - do not mark them.
Just press the button Cancel to leave the window.
Delete an entire conversation
- To delete the entire conversation, open the app Messages
- If you left the app while participating in a conversation, you will be returned to it. In this case, press the button Messages in the right upper corner screen to go to the conversation list.
If you did not participate in the conversation, you will immediately see a list of them. - Find the conversation you want to delete. You have two options: swipe it from right to left, or click Edit in the upper left corner of the screen and then place a check mark in a circle next to each conversation you want to delete.
- If you swipe away the conversation, a delete button will appear on the right. Delete.
- If you used the Edit button, the Delete will appear in the lower right corner of the screen after you select at least 1 conversation
- Click the button Delete to delete the entire conversation.
Also the button Cancel will allow you to leave the screen without deleting.
If you are using iOS 10, then there are even more quick way... Press and hold the message, then in the menu that appears, select More... In the upper left corner of the screen, click Delete All.
In the menu that appears at the bottom of the screen, select the item Delete Conversation.
What to do when deleted text messages keep popping up?
At the beginning of this article, I mentioned that messages are permanently deleted, but this is not always the case. In some cases, messages you have already erased can still be found on your phone. Perhaps not so scary, but if you want to keep any information secret, then this is already a problem.
If you encounter it or want to know how to avoid this problem in the future - read the article " Deleted Messages still popping up? Do this. "
Progress makes life easier - technology has really made many things very convenient. On the one hand, this is good, but on the other, it is now much easier to make stupid mistakes. Who has never sent a message to the wrong addressee or made a personal message publicly available on social media? Such mistakes can be disastrous. But if you take care of the organization of the security system, then you will not have to bite your elbows later in the search for a way to delete the message.
Let's be honest, the majority similar mistakes could have been avoided if we were not distracted by extraneous objects. But everyone has a strong workload or a depressed state when it is quite problematic to control their actions. We do not always closely monitor what we are doing - no one is able to remain vigilant throughout the day. In this article, we are going to show you how to undo sending a mistakenly sent text message or SMS on iPhone.
How to Unsend a Message on iPhone - No Jailbreak
Step 1: First, open Messages and go to any chat.
Step 2: type a text - it can be SMS or iMessage and click the Send button.
Step 3: When you see a bar on top that says send (blue for iMessage or green for SMS), you need to stop the process urgently. There is a split second for this.
Step 4: Bring up the Control Center on the screen by first removing the keyboard with a swipe down. And activate Airplane Mode. If everything is done quickly, you are in luck.
Step 5: Close the Control Center and wait - after 5-10 seconds you will see a message stating that the message has not been delivered. You can now safely turn off Airplane Mode.
Step 6: Tap and hold on the error message in the chat window. In the pop-up window, click More, and then remove the icon at the bottom left.
How to Unsend a Message on iPhone - Jailbroken
A new tweak called DeLe delays before any message is sent. This makes it very easy to cancel sending an unwanted message.
Step 1: Launch iMessage and write any text you want to send - SMS or iMessage.
Step 2: When you start typing, you will see a pop-up window, ignore it and click Submit.
Step 3: A bar with a countdown will appear at the top - a delay for messages. You have time to correct the message or erase (the trash can icon).
If you remove all the contents of the message, it will not be sent. The tweak costs $ 2.99 and can be found in the standard Cydia repository.
The question in the title of how to remove a remote from an iPhone seems strange only to those people who have never used Apple technology and they are not at all worried about it. The owners of Apple devices know very well that even if you erase photos or messages from the smartphone's memory, they still remain available, temporarily or permanently.
On the one hand, such storage allows you to correct a mistake: for example, you accidentally cleaned albums with photos, and then noticed that several important pictures were missing. On the other hand, the iPhone's memory is not rubber, and an incompletely erased text message can cause an unpleasant situation, so it's better to learn how to properly clean the phone from unnecessary files.
How to delete a remote from iPhone
Remove photos completely
Along with the update to iOS 8 in 2014, Apple's smartphone appeared new folder called Recently Deleted. Of course, there were more changes, but it was this addition that made life difficult for users who could not understand why, after deleting pictures, the space on the phone no longer becomes.
Two years have passed since the album was added, but some iPhone owners continue to be surprised to learn that now the procedure for destroying photos is split into two separate procedures.
There are three options for interacting with snapshots:
- Tap "Select" in the right corner and mark the images that you want to permanently delete.
- Click "Delete All" to completely clear the album.
- Select "Restore All" to put the pictures back in place.
Only after clearing the "Recently Deleted" album can we say that the images have been deleted from them iPhone memory... You do not have to clear the album manually, but just wait until the storage time of the photos expires. Each image remains in memory after being deleted for 30 days, after which it is automatically erased.
Erase SMS without leaving traces
Another major issue is the display of messages that you have erased. It looks like this:
- You delete the text message that you don't need.
- Run the built-in Spotlight search and write the word that was in the SMS.
- You see the erased message in the search results.
Only the first line is displayed, but this is also enough to conclude that the text message has not actually disappeared, but is stored somewhere in the bowels of the iPhone. How to get rid of this misfortune?
Instead of shutting down the application, you can run Check the result: Messages should no longer appear when searching for a word using Spotlight. If you are very worried about the content of the SMS, then you can turn on paranoia to the maximum and do backup after deleting messages. In this case, you can be sure that if you restore an iPhone from a copy, then unnecessary messages will not come back.
Complete destruction of data
If you are going to sell an iPhone, then simple data deletion will not optimal method pre-sale preparation of the device. To new owner could not recover any information, you need to reset the settings and content.
The procedure will have to be confirmed twice: the system must make sure that you really want to destroy the information. If the "Turn on iPhone" function is activated in the settings, then you will have to enter your Apple ID key to remove the activation lock.
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Unfortunately, even experienced users Apple often does not know how to perform elementary operations after changing the system firmware: for example, or how to upload a photo to it. Let's talk about how to delete messages in iPhone, beginning with iOS version 7.
How to delete SMS messages in an iPhone on iOS 7?
In the seventh version of "apple" operating system almost everything has undergone changes, including standard programs... The same goes for messages. In particular, the "Messages" application was distinguished by a new design, as well as the ability to view the time sending SMS after swiping your finger in left side(in dialogue). In addition, the developers got rid of the "Edit" button, which makes it difficult for some users due to the fact that they cannot figure out how to delete individual messages. As for deleting dialogs, everything remains the same.
Let's talk about deleting individual messages in 7. Unfortunately, the whole process is a little more complicated than in iOS 6. Open the correspondence with the desired user and click on any message from the dialogue. Keep your finger pressed for a long time. After that, it should appear context menu with 2 teams. We select the "More" option and mark those SMS messages that we want to delete. After that, click on the button with the image of the basket at the bottom left. We confirm our actions. You can see that with all the advantages of devices iOS simple operations like deleting SMS or are somewhat difficult.
Now let's talk about how to delete messages in iPhone iMessage apps starting from the 7th version iOS systems.
Delete iMessage in iPhone on iOS 7
The iMessages app was designed specifically for sharing instant messaging between users Apple products... It first appeared on the 5th version of the iOS system. Notable is the fact that the technology behind iMessages is based on a proprietary transfer protocol. Apple information called APNS.
Since iOS 7, the interface of this application also underwent noticeable changes. Users can no longer delete messages just by pressing a special button. Let's talk about how this can be done.
We open the right conversation in iMessages, then pinch and hold your finger over any message. A menu will appear where we will select "More" and indicate what exactly needs to be removed. Next step: click on the trash can button, which is located at the bottom left. Message deleted.
If we are interested in deleting the entire conversation at the same time, we do not select individual messages / message, and then - "Delete all".
